Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia Unió del Centre i la Democràcia Cristiana de Catalunya | |
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Abbreviation | UDCC |
Founded | 28 December 1976 |
Dissolved | 26 July 1977 |
Succeeded by | Centrists of Catalonia Convergence and Union |
Ideology | Christian democracy Liberalism Catalan nationalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right[1] |
National affiliation | Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State |
Members | See list of members |
Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia (Catalan: Unió del Centre i la Democràcia Cristiana de Catalunya, UDCC) was an electoral coalition formed in Catalonia in December 1976 to contest the Spanish Congress of Deputies election of 1977, the first democratic election to be held in Spain since the Second Spanish Republic. It was formed by the Catalan Centre (CC) and the historic Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), and came to be supported by the Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State, which did not run on its own in Catalonia.[2] The coalition was officially registered on 3 May 1977.[3] The alliance dissolved shortly after the election upon the start of the newly elected parliament, with UDC deputy Antón Cañellas joining the Catalan–Basque Group and Carlos Güell going into the Mixed Group.[4][5]